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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at May 13, 1994, 3:15 PM CDT for Live Oak County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1994, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1994, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Live Oak County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 282 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3519 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRP 132015 TORCRP TXC297-132115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 315 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY..... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...LIVE OAK COUNTY A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED OVER THREE RIVERS BY THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN LIVE OAK COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THIS AREA MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 13, 1:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
120 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994
1252 PM CDT SHERIFF DEPT REPORTED TORNADO TOUCH DOWN NEAR COUNTY ROAD
122 AND FARM ROAD 530 NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF VInENNA.
TRAILER HOUSE WAS DESTROYED...POWER LINES DOWN AND
DEBRIS COVER ROADWAY. (LAVACA COUNTY)
05Local storm report, May 13, 1:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
120 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994
1252 PM CDT SHERIFF DEPT REPORTED TORNADO TOUCH DOWN NEAR COUNTY ROAD
122 AND FARM ROAD 530 NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF VIENNA.
TRAILER HOUSE WAS DESTROYED...POWER LINES DOWN AND
DEBRIS COVER ROADWAY. (LAVACA COUNTY)
05Special weather statement, May 13, 2:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
TXZ231-232-132000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 201 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BEE AND LIVE OAK COUNTIES UNTIL 8:00 PM CDT... AT 140 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM COTULLA TO SAN ANTONIO TO HOUSTON TO CORPUS CHRISTI AND BACK TO COTULLA. THESE SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS IN THE WEST HALF OF LIVE OAK COUNTY AT THIS TIME.
Special weather statement, May 13, 2:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
TXZ231-232-132000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 201 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BEE AND LIVE OAK COUNTIES UNTIL 8:00 PM CDT... AT 140 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM COTULLA TO SAN ANTONIO TO HOUSTON TO CORPUS CHRISTI AND BACK TO COTULLA. THESE SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN rHOUR. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS IN THE WEST HALF OF LIVE OAK COUNTY AT THIS TIME.
Special weather statement, May 13, 2:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
TXZ224-225-233-234-247-132030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 212 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR DEWITT...GOLIAD...VICTORA...AND LAVACA COUNTIES... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT FOR DEWITT AND LAVACA COUNTIES... AT 205 PM CDT VICTORIA RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES EAST OF AUSTIN TO JUST NORTH OF FALLS CITY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND ENTERING INTO DEWITT COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR... WITH THE POSSIBLITY OF FLASH FLOODING...LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF DAMAGING TORNADOES... SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT...BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN A STRONG REINFORCED BUILDING SHOULD THE WEATHER BECOME THREATENING. ...STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS... 05
Special weather statement, May 13, 2:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
TXZ224-225-233-234-247-132030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 212 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR DEWITT...GOLIAD...VICTORA...AND LAVACA COUNTIES... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT FOR DEWITT AND LAVACA COUNTIES... AT 205 PM CDT VICTORIA RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES EAST OF AUSTIN TO JUST NORTH OF FALLS CITY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND ENTERING INTO DEWITT COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR... WITH THE POSSIBLITY OF FLASH FLOODING...LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF DAMAGING TORNADOES... SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT...BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN A STRONG REINFORCED BUILDING SHOULD THE WEATHER BECOME THREATENING. ...STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS... 05
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 69 min |
| May 13, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee | 68 min |
| May 13, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, San Patricio | 2 hr |
| May 13, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Nueces | 62 min |
| May 13, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 103 min |
| May 13, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 103 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.